Archive for Lightguard

Crimson Trace Lightguard

The LTG-760 supplements a handheld flashlight for defensive work, and is an integral part of a personal-protection strategy.

July 16, 2012

Lightguard Doesn’t Fit Colt 1991

While swapping the Lightguard from my Kimber to my Colt, I discovered that Crimson Trace’s listing as it is for Kimber, Ruger and Smith & Wesson 1911s was accurate. The trigger guard on my Colt is just slightly too thick.

June 13, 2012

Crimson Trace 1911 Lightguard

Last year, I had an opportunity to try out the Crimson Trace Lightguard at Gunsite in a variety of night exercises. At the time, the only handgun that the new Lightguard was available for was the Smith & Wesson M&P. While there, a few of us writer types asked when a Lightguard would be coming for 1911 handguns. The only answer we received from Crimson Trace representative Iain Harrison was a smile, which we took as it was coming; he just wasn’t sure when.

June 07, 2012

Crimson Trace 1911 Lightguard

Crimson Trace has introduced a Lightguard for America’s most popular handgun.

March 28, 2012

Crimson Trace Lightguard

Crimson Trace's Iain Harrison talks about the company's new Lightguard platform for pistols, which integrates both white light illumination and a precision laser into one unit. Both sources of light are pressure-activated for instinctive use, with the laser on the backstrap and the flashlight in the front.

January 20, 2011

Crimson Trace Announces Lightguard Platform

Crimson Trace Corp.’s new Lightguard provides a 100-lumen white light, activated when a user grips the handgun.

January 11, 2011